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Registered charity · Dorset

The British Ornithologists' Union

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £220k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.bou.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£220k£282k
  • 2024£218k£265k
  • 2023£222k£221k
Earlier years
  • 2022£202k£254k
  • 2021£183k£229k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF ORNITHOLOGY

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.4y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.9y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£218k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
249877
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1 MAY 1951; RULES DATED 18 MARCH 1953 AMENDED 18 APRIL 1964, 17 APRIL 1993, 20 APRIL 1996, 29 MARCH 1999 AND 7 APRIL 2010. as amended on 15 Jul 2020
Contact on the register
07485385451 · bou@bou.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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